Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Functional group training in consensus

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

on 7/22/2002 1:22 PM, Rob Sandelin at floriferous [at] msn.com wrote:
> 
> As many of you know, I am a big fan of facilitation teams, having seen that
> people who are into it and good at it, do much better at facilitation than
> those who really don't do the homework. A great facilitation group makes all
> the difference in a well functioning process and is a common denominator in
> my own (subjective) evaluation of groups I have seen function very well.

I agree with this and wanted to add another aspect. It is much easier to be
a good participant if I am familiar with the style of the facilitator. This
is more than just trusting the facilitator. It has to do with understanding
their style and their preferences for when to move the group and when to
stop and when to let a discussion flow.

Every facilitator does things differently. Having a large number of
facilitators (trained or not) is like being a baby and having a dozen
mothers. Even if they are all competent, it gets very confusing.

The group has to be able to build a relationship with the facilitator and
this is very hard when there are too many rotating facilitators.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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